Biblical place
Where was Telassar?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Til Barsip.
First appears in 2 Kings 19:12 · 2 books · 2 chapters
Overview
Or Thelasar, (Isa. 37:12; 2 Kings 19:12), a province in the south-east of Assyria, probably in Babylonia. Some have identified it with Tel Afer, a place in Mesopotamia, some 30 miles from Sinjar. Modern identification: Til Barsip.
Telassar is represented in the local geography layer as Til Barsip. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Kings 19:12 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.